Leadership & Strategy
InsurTech MGA Corvus Raises $32M, With Plans to Counter Complex Cyber Risks
Corvus Insurance disclosed it has attracted $32 million in new financing that will fuel further growth, in part by countering complex cyber risks. The InsurTech-focused managing general agent based ...
What Executives Need to Know About Predictive Analytics in 2020
By this time, most leaders in the insurance industry have heard of using predictive analytics to study previous patterns that can help businesses understand what could happen in the future. However, ...
Good Leaders Listen, Giving Employees Plenty of Time to Answer Questions
Executives succeed, in part, by being good listeners, hearing their employees' concerns and questions, and responding in kind. The Random Acts of Leadership blog suggests leaders can improve this ...
American Financial Group Decides to Exit Lloyd’s of London
American Financial Group Inc. disclosed it will exit the Lloyd's of London insurance marketplace in 2020, an entity it joined in 2008 through an acquisition. The Ohio-based insurance holding company ...
JetBlue Discloses Plans to Become First Carbon-Neutral U.S. Airline
JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will become the first large U.S. airline to offset emissions from all of its domestic flights, aiming to become carbon neutral by July as pressure grows on the industry ...
VC Funding Could Dry Up, InsurTech Exec Says
The days of VC funds and strategic investors throwing money at InsurTechs may be numbered, an InsurTech executive warned fellow startup leaders late last year during a presentation at an InsurTech ...
Liberty Mutual Takes on Uber Coverage in Three Regions
Liberty Mutual Insurance will provide coverage for Uber drivers and passengers throughout New England, South Carolina and Puerto Rico as part of the company's 2020 auto insurance programs, which ...
China’s Anbang Insurance Seeks $3.9B From Sale of Stake in Rural Banks
Anbang Insurance Group Co., the once-acquisitive Chinese conglomerate that's under state control, is looking to offload stakes in a number of rural commercial banks as it continues to unwind its ...